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Two scenes of a quarrel between husband and wife

Maker

(artist)
1788-1817

Title

Two scenes of a quarrel between husband and wife

Date of Production

1788 - 1817

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash on wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 18.3 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.1693

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Walter T. Spencer (bookseller and dealer), London (1863-1936); from whom purchased by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Humour Exhibition, Spring Gardens, London, 1925

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 3

Inscriptions

Watermark: none.

Inscription: Recto: lower right, graphite, signature or attribution?: "Van Assen".

Collector's mark: Verso: lower left, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).

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